The Met: Live in HD will continue with Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Oct. 17. The broadcast will star Quinn Kelsey in the title role alongside Lise Davidsen stars as Lady Macbeth. The cast will also include tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Banquo. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer Music Director, conducts, and Louisa Proske {…}
Poland’s National Forum of Music announces its 2026-27 season. This article only features classical voice works. Małgorzata Podzielny conductors the NFM Girls’ Choir and NFM Boys’ Choir in “Masters of Harmony.” Mikołaj Szczęsny joins at the piano. Performance Date: Oct. 11, 2026 David Reiland leads Giulia Semenzato, Olivia Vermeulen, Robin Tritschler, Nathan Berg, and the NFM Choir and the Wrocław {…}
(Photo: Karen Almond © Met Opera) Conductor Ramón Tebar made his Metropolitan Opera debut for this season’s opening night of Puccini’s “La Bohème.” The cast included a surprising addition as well—tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Rodolfo, who is also performing as Macduff in “Macbeth” this season. Altogether soprano Juliana Grigoryan as Mimì, soprano Rosa Feola as Musetta, baritone Hansung Yoo {…}
The Metropolitan opera has announced a cast change for its production of “La Boheme.” The company said that “For the performances on September 25 and 27, Freddie de Tommaso will step in to sing the role of Rodolfo.” De Tommaso is currently performing in a production of “Macbeth” and performed “La Boheme” last season at the Met with OperaWire noting, {…}
Back in 2007, the Metropolitan Opera premiered Adrian Noble’s take on Verdi’s “Macbeth,” a grim and dark modern day setting, transforming Shakespeare’s dark thriller into a horror story. It was a visually striking and theatrical production on which some of the company’s most renowned and striking performances, especially Lady Macbeth, took center stage. To open its 2026-27 season, the Met {…}
(Credit: Paola Kudacki / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to open its 141st season on Sept. 22 with the company’s first new production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in nearly 20 years. The production will star soprano Lise Davidsen as Lady Macbeth and baritone Quinn Kelsey in the title role as well as tenor Freddie De Tommaso as Macduff and {…}
Welcome back as we explore the latest CD and DVD releases from around the opera world. This week, audiences will get to hear a world premiere recording from one of Verismo’s biggest composers. There are also a number of remasters. Aribert Reimann: Ein Traumspiel, Denn Bleiben ist nirgends Albert Reimann’s “Ein Traumspiel” and “Denn Bleiben ist nirgends” are released with {…}
The Copenhagen Opera Festival announces its city-wide programming for 2026. Part two of Niels Rønsholdt and director Louise Beck’s opera trilogy, “Right of The Strong – The Duty of the Weak” is held. Performance Dates: Aug. 13 – 17, 2026 Soprano Elisabeth Rosenberg, tenor Gustav Wenzel Most, and pianist Charlotte Thaning perform works by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Schubert live along {…}
Germany’s Theater Bonn has announced its 2026-27 season. Yannick-Muriel Noah, George Oniani, and Devid Cecconi led Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West.” Daniela Kerck directs the new production. Performance Dates: Sept. 20-Dec. 4, 2026 Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” will star Nicole Wacker, Johannes Mertes, Valerie Haunz, Tobias Schabel, Christopher Jähnig, Martin Tzonev, Tamino Ryan Vaughan Davies, Pavel Kolgatin, Mirko Roschkowski, Maria Vasilevskaya, {…}
(Photo: Ian Hippolyte) Richard Jones’ production of “La Bohème,” currently at Covent Garden for its eighth run, is a magnificent piece of art. It is still, however, tempered with a few anomalies including nonsensical stage changes in full view of the audience. I’ve grown to accept set designer Stewart Laing’s bohemian residence, portrayed here as a clinically spruce garret; albeit {…}
In 1888 Umberto Giordano, composer of famous verismo operas “Andrea Chenier” and “Fedora,” wrote a single act opera with which to enter a competition. Despite its moderate success, the opera was quickly forgotten and was lost to the archives. In February of this year, the unearthed opera, “Marina,” was recorded live at Milan’s Teatro Dal Verme, conducted by Vincenzo Milletarì {…}